American Academy of Political and Social Science

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American Academy of Political and Social Science

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1889. "The AAPSS seeks to promote the progress of the social sciences and the use of social science knowledge in the enrichment of public understanding and in the development of public policy. It does so by fostering multidisciplinary understanding of important questions among those who create, disseminate, and apply the social sciences, and by encouraging and celebrating talented people who produce and use research to enhance public understanding of important social problems."

Official Website:
http://www.aapss.org/

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1889

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Sissela Bok Scholar 2-Dec-1934 Ethicist

Edward Bouchet Physicist 15-Sep-1852 28-Oct-1918 First African-American PhD

Emmet D. Boyle Politician 26-Jul-1879 3-Jan-1926 Governor of Nevada, 1915-23

Stephen B. Burbank Educator c. 1946 UPenn Law Professor

Amy Gutmann Educator 19-Nov-1949 President, University of Pennsylvania

Herbert Hoover Head of State 10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Scholar 24-Nov-1946 Annenberg Public Policy Center

Robert Jervis Historian 1940 The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy

Thomas Kennedy Labor Leader 2-Nov-1887 19-Jan-1963 UMW President, 1960-63

Robert O. Keohane Scholar 3-Oct-1941 After Hegemony

Morris E. Leeds Business 6-Mar-1869 8-Feb-1952 Leeds & Northrup Co.

Breckinridge Long Diplomat 16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36

Elinor Ostrom Sociologist 7-Aug-1933 12-Jun-2012 Common-pool resources

Nell Irvin Painter Historian 2-Aug-1942 Creating Black Americans

Jaroslav Pelikan Historian 17-Dec-1923 13-May-2006 The Christian Tradition

Frances Perkins Government 10-Apr-1882 14-May-1965 First female US cabinet member

Diane Ravitch Government 1-Jul-1938 Education reformer

Nicholas J. Spykman Geographer 13-Oct-1893 26-Jun-1943 Godfather of Containment

Alfred Holt Stone Scholar 16-Oct-1870 11-May-1955 Studies in the American Race Problem

Lester Frank Ward Sociologist 18-Jun-1841 18-Apr-1913 Dynamic Sociology

Oliver E. Williamson Economist 27-Sep-1932 Transaction cost economics

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